If you're considering growing some fruits or veggies in your backyard, on your patio, or even indoors now that the weather is starting to turn a little warmer (around here, anyway), now's the time to plan out what you want to grow. Our friends at Old World Garden Farms have a suggestion too: plan your garden with canning for the cold weather months in mind—that way nothing you grow will go to waste.

Think about the things you've been eating over the past few months, they suggest, and plant those types of veggies. Sure, your spring and summer gains will be delicious when they're fresh, but now's the time to think about growing things you might want to put in cans or jars and store for the fall and winter too. if you want much longer, what you plant may not have enough time to really grow before you have to harvest and can them anyway.

They also suggest growing for the freezer, and considering vegetables that keep well over the long months sealed in plastic baggies on ice, like snap peas, peppers, and onions. Then, when the winter comes, pull them out of the freezer instead of spending money at the grocery store and toss them into whatever you're making. For more suggestions on what to plant now that'll make easy canning later, hit the link below.